102 NORTH AMERICAN SORDARIACEAE 
Asci 8-spored, clavate, broadly rounded above and contracted 
, below into a short blunt stipe, 30-34 ۸ x 240-295 ہم‎ persistent : 
paraphyses filiform, septate, abundant, mixed with and longer 
than the asci. 
Spores biseriate, rather narrowly ellipsoid, acutely rounded at 
the ends, obliquely uniseptate with a deep, rather broad constric- 
tion, 16-204 x 40-65, ranging from hyaline when young 
through yellow to dark brown and opaque, hyaline envelope very 
distinct and evidently septate, corresponding to the septum of the 
spore, when swollen by the action of water. (PZ r3. f. 14-16.) 
Distinctive characters: Biseriate, obliquely and deeply con- 
stricted spores. 
Cultivated specimens: On rabbit dung, Ft. Lee, N. J., Nov. 
1899. 
4. 10511150114 1148584111 Berl. et Vogl.; Saccardo, Syll. Fung. 
Add. 1-4: 127. 1886; 9: 747. 1891 
Delitschia sp. Bull. Soc. Royale Bot. Belg. 237: 16, and 23' : 
I99. 1884. 
Perithecia scattered, sunken, subglobose, 275—350 & in diam- 
eter,. thin, membranaceous, black and opaque, with a black papil- 
liform beak. 
Asci 8-spored, cylindrical, broadly rounded above and slightly 
contracted below into a short stout stipe, 9-12 م‎ x 65-80 p: 
paraphyses filiform, sparingly branched, indistinctly septate, 
numerous, mixed with the asci and about equal to them in length. 
Spores obliquely uniseriate, ellipsoid to oval, two-celled, but 
little if at all constricted, 5-6 4 x 10-11 ہم‎ ranging from hyaline 
when young through yellow to dark brown and opaque, sur- 
rounded by a very narrow hyaline gelatinous envelope. (PZ. 73. 
. I}. 
e Distinctive character : Small size throughout. 
Dry specimen: On rabbit dung, Newfield, N. J., June 1884 
(Ellis). 
Cultivated specimens: On sheep dung, Brookings, S. D., 
Nov. 1899 (Carter); rabbit dung, Gunnison, Colo., Aug. 1899 
(Bartholomew) ; rabbit dung, London, Ont, Aug. 1898 (Dear- 
ness); rabbit dung, Tucson, Arizona, Sept. 1900. 
5. DELITSCHIA FURFURACEA Niessl, Hedwigia, 23: 75. 1884; 
Rehm, Ascomyceten, no. 747 ; Saccardo, Syll. Fung. Add. 
I-4: 127. 1886; 9: 747. 1891; Rabenhorst, Krypt.-Flora, 
E- IB: 188. 
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